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“Well then，that’s settled，”said the Ape.“You will pretend to be Aslan，and I’ll tell you what to say.”
“No，no，no，”said Puzzle.“Don’t say such dreadful things. It would be wrong，Shift. I maybe not very clever but I know that much. What would become of us if the real Aslan turned up ？”
“I expect he’d be very pleased，”said Shift.“Probably he sent us the lion-skin on purpose，so that we could set things to right. Anyway，he never does turn up，you know. Not nowadays.”
At that moment there came a great thunderclap right overhead and the ground trembled with a small earthquake. Both the animals lost their balance and were flung on their faces．
“There!”gasped Puzzle，as soon as he had breath to speak.“It’s a sign，a warning. I knew we were doing something dreadfully wicked. Take this wretched skin off me at once.”
“No， no，”said the Ape whose mind worked very quickly.“It’s a sign the other way. I was just going to say that if the real Aslan，as you call him，meant us to go on with this，he would send us a thunderclap and an earth-tremor. It was just on the tip of my tongue，only the sign itself came before I could get the words out. You’ve got to do it now，Puzzle. And please don’t let us have any more arguing. You know you don’t understand these things. What could a donkey know about signs ？”
